Sue Baker

Not to be confused with Sue Barker, who also worked for the BBC.

Sue Baker (12 June 1947 – 14 November 2022) was a British journalist and television presenter.

Baker was one of the original presenters of the first iteration of BBC's Top Gear, presenting on the programme from 1980 to 1991.[1] She was the motoring editor for the Observer from 1992 to 1995.[1]

Baker was the vice-president and a former chair of The Guild of Motoring Writers[2] and was awarded the Pemberton Trophy in 2014.[3]

She died on 14 November 2022 due to complications of motor neurone disease (MND).[1][4][2][5] She was 75.

  1. ^ a b c Emma Saunders (15 November 2022). "Top Gear: Sue Baker, who presented motoring show for 11 years, dies". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Former Top Gear presenter and motoring journalist Sue Baker dies aged 67". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Pemberton Trophy". The Guild of Motoring Writers. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Sue Baker, long-running presenter of Top Gear in its early incarnation as a practical consumer show – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ Gair, Kieran (15 November 2022). "Sue Baker: former Top Gear host dies aged 67 after motor neurone disease battle". Retrieved 17 November 2022.